Heather Reid

Heather Reid, also known as 'Heather the Weather', is a Scottish meteorologist, physicist, science communicator, and educator. Born in Paisley in 1969, Reid graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a physics degree and a master's degree in satellite image processing from the Meteorology Department. She began her career at the UK Met Office in 1993, working in satellite research. From 1994 to 2009, Reid served as a weather presenter for BBC Scotland, becoming the senior weather forecaster. In 2009, she gave her final broadcast for Reporting Scotland. Currently, Reid works as a science education consultant and promotes science to the public. She also served as Chairperson of the Institute of Physics in Scotland from 1999 to 2001.More